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...Democrats back to the issues of the economy and other neglected domestic problems plus Nixon's personality. At a meeting of 14 Midwest Governors in Nebraska, Republicans expressed anxiety about Nixon's re-election chances. "It was a major coup," said Michigan's William G. Milliken about the planned trip to Peking. "But the state of the economy in 1972 will have as decided an effect on Mr. Nixon's ability to carry Michigan and the rest of the country." Michigan's unemployment rate is 9%; other Governors reported the continued concern of farmers over...
...Newport Jazz Festival, silencing the music for nearly 40,000 listeners and causing officials to cancel a scheduled folk festival and a rock opera. The heroin death of one young man and the open drug dealing of others at a Detroit rock concert lead Michigan Governor William Milliken to demand the end of all such festivals in that state...
Rare Intervention. Extradition between states is usually a mere formality. The Constitution commands that each state surrender criminals from other states. Still, Governors must go through the procedure of granting the extradition request. For two months, while Stiggers remained in a Detroit jail, Michigan's Governor William Milliken deliberated. Popular interest in Stiggers' case developed; at a hearing, he said that he was sure he would be killed once he was back inside an Arkansas prison. Though it is rare for a Governor to do so, Milliken finally decided that "extradition would not serve the ends of justice...
Erratic Assessments. In greatly differing ways, the cry for changes in the property tax has been picked up by men as disparate in their views as California Governor Ronald Reagan, Michigan Governor William Milliken, former Senator Paul Douglas. Educator Robert Hutchins and HUD Secretary George Romney. Ralph Nader has added the reform of property taxes to his roster of causes, charging that so much business and industrial real estate is undertaxed as to constitute "a national scandal of corruption, illegalities and incompetence." As a result, says Nader, "small businessmen and the owners of houses are paying nearly one-third more...
...scorers for the Crimson were Phil Zuckerman and Steve Milliken, who had five points apiece. Harvard made 75 shots, 47 of which were on net. The Tigers took 25 shots...